4501 clips prev 1 2 ... 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ... 225 226 next
How to shoot down the enemy (1919)
Australian Flying Corps cadets learn the art of machine-gun shooting with model targets in a training camp in England, during or just after the First World War. They practise on a range at first, then seated in an aeroplane. Trainee ... [read more]
God is love (1996)
A doctor describes Alicia’s condition and poor prognosis after the accident. Alicia and her family re-enact how they gathered round her hospital bed to pray while she is in a critical condition. Alicia and her father describe the moment when ... [read more]
‘It’s just us’ (1972)
Aliens broadcast a warning on the radio. Shirley’s mother Rita (Marion Johns), her father Reg (John Llewellyn) and suitor Harold (Helmut Bakaitis) don’t take any notice. Shirley tells the gang it’s up to them to help the aliens. [read more]
‘Never too old’ (1986)
'Ma’ Bendall tells us how she was one of the first women to take up surfing when she was over 50 years old. She tells her story over wonderful 1960s black-and-white footage of her surfing. [read more]
The frontline of the factory (1942)
A man is ready to leave for his night shift at the munitions factory when his young daughter, Topsy, runs up to him. Her mother has said that he works 'awful hard making bombs’ so that the Germans can’t attack ... [read more]
Into the void (1983)
Jenny is determined to show her worth to the rest of the group, even if it means tackling abseiling when she has a terror of heights. [read more]
A quick grope (2011)
Athol Shreve (Colin Friels), a politician tipped to be Australia’s next prime minister, makes a pass at Dorothy (Judy Davis) in the back of his limousine. After Dorothy rejects him, she learns something about her mother she wishes she hadn’t. ... [read more]
The powers of the boss (1970)
Dr Coombs reflects on his capacity to make changes at both the Commonwealth and Reserve Banks when he was at the top of these organisations. He modestly reminds the interviewer that both those organizations had teams of extremely competent technicians ... [read more]
The Barossa Valley (1983)
Strolling around his winery, Hermann Thumm talks to the filmmaker, telling the story of how he founded the successful vineyard Chateau Yaldara after the Second World War when he emigrated to the Barossa Valley in South Australia. German winegrowers remain ... [read more]
‘God’s angry’ (2000)
In a flashback to the blind woman’s childhood, her mother Marie (Elise McCredie) tries to teach the child to pray, in a disused outback church. The child (Bree Beadman) has repeatedly tried to tell her mother that her grandfather is ... [read more]
‘Underwater gardens’ (1938)
The reef’s vibrant and abundant marine life is shown including coral, fish, seahorses and a stingray. Tourists walk amongst the rock pools in the shallows. [read more]
The switchover (1965)
A prosecutor (Kenric Hudson) interrogates robbery and murder suspect George Lister (Owen Weingott) in court. [read more]
Anzac Day bomb (1980)
A smoke bomb is detonated at the Martin Place Cenotaph in Sydney on Anzac Day. In a train station photo booth, perpetrator Ray Unit (Michael Callaghan) describes the act. [read more]
The docklands (1984)
Max (Jack Thompson) and his wharfie mates set off in the early morning to work on the docks. Along the way, we’re introduced to their world as working men with wives and children, lovers and mothers. When the wharfies arrive ... [read more]
‘Forty years of love’ (1994)
Joyce Johnson (Deborah Kennedy) is upset after seeing Harry (Jack Thompson) for the first time since he suffered a massive stroke. She blames herself for upsetting him. As she drives away with her daughter (Rebekah Elmaloglou), Harry, paralysed in bed, ... [read more]
The Kokoda Trail (1972)
This clip shows students from Scots College on the final leg of their seven day trek through the Owen Stanley Ranges towards Kokoda in Papua New Guinea. They navigate their way across a makeshift log bridge over a fast flowing ... [read more]
Creation (1992)
Benny Tjapaltarri and Mick Ngamurarri tell us the significance of the Dreaming, and how the Dreaming ancestors created the landscape. [read more]
Saving Villers-Bretonneux (c1919)
The German spring offensive of 1918 has pushed the Western Front back across a large area, reversing the British gains since mid-1916. Australian troops have retaken the town of Villers-Bretonneux, south of the Somme River, after the Germans held it ... [read more]
The Brisbane Exhibition (c1950)
This home movie clip shows various scenes filmed by Peter McIlwraith at the Brisbane Exhibition (or 'Ekka’) in the 1950s. It includes: scenes of a merry-go-round with children and adults riding on the horse-shaped seats; a miniature train which takes ... [read more]
Korean liberation (1994)
Australian veterans of the Korean War recollect the day of their liberation from prisoner of war camps. [read more]
